I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.

I believe if the white and colored people could get together and be let alone, they would understand each other and consequently love each other.

The things we truly love stay with us always, locked in our hearts as long as life remains.

Sex was a pleasurable form of exercise, like dancing.

I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.

The secret to the fountain of youth is to think youthful thoughts.

When I was a child and they burned me out of my home, I was frightened and I ran away. Eventually I ran far away. It was to a place called France. Many of you have been there, and many have not. But I must tell you, ladies and gentlemen, in that country I never feared. It was like a fairyland place.